Improved mode of sealing fbuit-jars



BPURDY. MODE 0F SEALING FRUIT JARS.

No. 67,215. PatentedJuly so, 1867.

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EBENEZER PU'RDY, 0F ITHACA, NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 67,215, dated July 30, 1867.

IMPROVED MODE 0F SEALING FRUIT-JARS.

TO'ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known thet I, EsENEzr-:n IURDY, of Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York, have invented an improved Sealing for Fruit-Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full und-exact4 description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing and to the letters marked thereon.

My object is to exhaust the air in the can, either by the special meansdescribed herein, or by any other means, by an orifice, and to close the opening by a simple and effective device. This I accomplish by making an orificethrough the top pr cover of the can, and inserting a tubeair-tight in it,-or making .the opening through the cover the same shape ns the tube, and the inside of the tube with a smaller diameter at thc top or uppei part than at the bottom or lower purt of it, and into' this tube or tapering opening inserting from the inside ofthe jar a cork or other suitable stopper, and when the nir is exhausted, drawing it firmly up bya string, wire, or other instrument, thus sealing or closing the orifice. And my special means of exhaustion is by ones own mouth applied to the top of the above-named tube, or by ,a 'suitable tubular adjustable mouth-piece between the mouth and tube or orifice.' When desirable I use also pumps and other devices. These and other facts are apparent in the drawings, which are- Figure 1, a view of my can and its tubular orifice.

Figure 2, a view ofthe cover of ajar and its orifice; and

Figure 3, a sectional view of the tube and plug in it.

Inig. 1, A is the body of the jar or can, and B the screw cap that holds the cover` C in its place; and -D the tube, tapering from the inside outwards, the tube or tubular orilice being soldered fast to thevcover; and E isthe string, wire, or other instrument for drawing-the cork or plug up into` and closingthe orifice. In tig. 2 the cork or plug is seen below the tube, leaving a space about it for the escupe of the air, and the string ready to draw it up in place. The dotted lines G show holes in the tube in the hollow ofthe co'ver, near its under' Iside, sothat the part ofthe tube below the holes serves as a guide to the plug, and the tightening of the plug is at H, the part in and above the cover. In iig. 3 the plug F is above the orifices G, and closing the jar at the surface H. I

It is contemplated to use the fruit iu my -cans or `)ars cold or colder than in'many or most jars, and to apply, as above intimated, the mouth of the operator," who is canning fruit, to the top I bf the tube D, either'directly or by an intervening mouth-piece. When this is done the exhaustion is quite perfect, the vcorner of the mouth closing tightly about the string 1E, and drawing by s small stick through.' the loop J, the plug is drawn up and closes the jar. The same thing, so fa'r as the sealing by the plug is concerned, is done when'other means of exhaustion or cooking the air in the jar without exhaustion takes place. By pushing the plug down by a stick,A wire, or rod, theean is easily opened. A'

The other uses and applications of Vmy invention and device are apparent te those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

i Claim.

1. I claim making a tubular orifice. in the cover of n fruit-can, with the larger end of the tubularopening on the inside of the jar, for' the purpose of closing the opening by a suitable plug 'or cork drawn or inserted in the same from the inside of the cnn, as described.

2. I claim making a suitable.l plug to fit the described tube or orifice, retracting und inserting' the same from audinto the said oriiceor 'opening from the inside of the can or jar, for the purpose of opening and closing the same atipleasure, as described.

3. I claim attaching the described cork or plug to a cord, E, or other suitableinstrumentality, for the purpose of bringing the plu-g from the inside of the jar tightly into the opening, `as described.

4. I claim the combiuedwhole, made ofthe parts D, the tube or tubular opening in the cover.C, the cork or plug F, inserted from the inside of the jar, string, wire, or instrument E, holes G, operating together subltsntially as described,

.Y EBENEZER PURVDY. Witnesses:

SAMUEL J. PARKER. T. J. MeELunNY. 

